Sentences with phrase «good defensive side»

As you all saw in the second leg we dominated a very good defensive side.

but its a bit sad to see that i as i know more about arsenal fans than other fans, to say from the bottom of my heart, that the fans on here are as worse as the worst if not the worst fans out there... arsenal being on a run, with özil scoring one of the best goals i have ever seen on tuesday, draws against the best defensive side in the league and no they arent stoke city or something they are SPURS equally title challenger as any of arsenal man city, man united, chelsea, liverpool, a team that sent man city home when they (city) looked unbeatable..

The new years day wojech disaster game aside, the last 9 and half matches (I say half bcos I'm talking about the change since half time at stoke) have seen a better defensive side to the team.

While he had a warning for Arsenal, Neville paid tribute to Louis van Gaal for making United one of the best defensive sides in the Premier League.

The Blues will be taking on one of the better defensive sides in the Premier League of course in this one and they could have their problems breaking the visitors down.

Luciano Spalletti's men are highly organized and well disciplined with zero red cards and only 21 goals allowed so far (3rd best defensive side in the league).

Inter are the 3rd best defensive side in the league and have conceded just 11 goals at the Meazza.

Not exact matches

It's never a good idea to criticize a former customer in the public light; however, be sure to explain your side of the story without being defensive (as this will create the feeling that you are trying to compensate for a mistake you made).

This selloff is obviously not a good sign, but it shows that investors are not yet in a stage of fear, but are somewhat on the defensive side.

Coaches scheduling practice times for their soccer teams had better figure out when catechism classes are happening, otherwise they are likely to be playing a scrimmage with one defensive player and a wing, and perhaps no one on the opposing side.

He can play the left wing well including the defensive side of it.

After Alexis Oxlade has always been our best winger in adding the defensive side to his game.

You could argue that maybe Wenger doesn't have the personnel to carry out a defensive game plan, but I thought defensively we looked good today, which is something we haven't seen against the better sides in previous games.

When Wenger was asked about our defensive record today, he said: «Yes, of course but we are as well an attacking side so it depends as well how many goals you score,»

Yes I agree another defensive player would be a good purchase for the side.

With Arsene Wenger admitting that his Arsenal squad was a bit light on the defensive side of things and suggesting that he may be adding to that area in the next week, there is some good news for the Gunners today, according to a report in The Express.

Back 3 Formation is good and it is giving good defensive shape for us... We are looking more assured on defensive side of our game... Being attacking is always good but you have to make sure that you are not conceding goal because as far as you are not conceding a goal, you are not loosing game....

to be honest i've been positively surprised by lucas the guy is improving with each game this must be the result of training with better players everyday but he could improve his defensive side of the game even though his interception was the start of the counter attack for giroud's goal against palace & his goal against the cherries was not an easy one!!

With the right balance in midfield, say a Schniederlin and Ramsey / Wilshere partnership, they could possibly be able to keep possession better while maintaining the defensive side as well.

The team looks very good, light on the defensive side of midfield and a slow with Per in defense but in general if we can avoid injuries, and show that we can compete with the big boys, we can have a good season.

We finally have all places covered, so next season even if we have injuries we would be good, cuz monreal or debuchy does nt need to play as cb, Ospina, Belerin and Coq were all great discoveries, especially Coq, his defensive side is increadible, not even CB have beter stats, crazy!!!

Our lack of defensive experience could well pose as a problem however, with Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Nacho Monreal, Maitland - Niles, Sead Kolasinac and Mo Elneny our only available stars for the three central roles and left - sided wing - back role.

The Nigerian international defender spent last season on - loan at Istanbul minnows Kasimpasa and established himself as a first team regular in one of the best performing defensive sides.

The question surrounding this United side, then, is whether this solidity and organization can be expected from a team that doesn't know its best defensive lineup, hasn't worked out its best defensive shape, and is constantly improvising from one injury to the next.

I agree with the comments above about sometimes playing as a CDM to improve the defensive side of his game, but he can similarly execute the defensive side of his game when winning the ball back further up the field as well.

Arsenal on the other side have defensive problems but if we can fix it and play well, it can be anybody's game on the day.

Schneiderlin will only play well if he has a pure DM playing along side him doing all the defensive work.....

Ozil and Xhaka should be left on the bench in view of their defensive weaknesses against a side like Man City who are likely to dominate possession.Mertz should not be played as he simply does not have the pace to cope with the Man City front three.This may appear a defensive line up but a similar strategy worked well against Chelsea earlier this season and may do so against the most impressive attacking side in the league.

Going against him is the need for Arsenal to stop the home side building up a head of steam or getting a vital first goal and Gabriel's defensive abilities would be better suited to that.

Seattle shows better in multiple key categories, namely on the defensive side of the ball, where the Seahawks rank first in the league against the pass and third against the run.

Aston Villa won 1 - 0 at Anfield this weekend, while Rodgers» side were also well beaten at Manchester City in August, and the Merseyside giants are now ready to enter the transfer market again to strengthen in the defensive areas in particular.

It is a risk of course, as is Arsene Wenger telling the world his tactical thoughts ahead of the game, because the home side are fairly competent going forward as well, but I think the reason the boss has gone for this game plan rather than try to be defensive as we did there famously a few years ago, is because of the return to fitness of Sead Kolasinac.

Neil Lennon has a fight on his hands to keep the youngster and may well have to consider offers for Wanyama, especially those which are ten times the fee the Glasgow side paid Beerschot for the defensive midfielder.

The reason most 4 - 3 teams don't major in under fronts is because it leaves them vulnerable to strongside runs, because most 4 - 3 defensive ends — Jared Allen being the prototype here — wouldn't do so well taking the pounding of playing a five - technique to the tight end side all game.

The 24 - year - old reacted well to pounce for his side's winning goal, and from then on he led a strong defensive display to keep out one of the most deadly front lines in the country.

At times Man United have been stretched for defensive options due to fitness and form issues and one can well see why van Gaal would be eyeing up a January solution though one wonders if the Premier League side would be willing to fork out such a massive sum for a player of Godin's age?

On the flip side, the Sounders use possession as a defensive tool and that seems to be going well.

It's not like this new staff lacks from a recruiting standpoint (Jimmie Dougherty just landed one of the best UCLA receiving classes ever, while Don Pellum and Roy Manning are great recruiters on the defensive side).

I've realised people are confusing fullback and wingback assuming them to almost be the same.A wingback can be viewed as a more defensive winger whiles a fullback is just a player put near the sides of the centre fullback.Their roles are clearly very different and well defined.That's why you'll consider Ox at RWB and not RB.We need to switch back to 4 -2-3-1 to get the best out of our players like Ozil, Ox, Kolasinac, Bellerin and Monreal.They'll suffer a lot under 3 -4-3.

As tough as it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class defensive midfielder and a world - class central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much stronger next season.

And to think, after the Titans used an unbalanced line with the right tackle lined up on the left side, a defensive linemen at fullback and had their right guard pull to the left for a kick - out block to get Jalston Fowler into the end zone on a 1 - yard run, all they had to do was dial up a decent two - point play and they would've had a good chance to make all that come true.

«With Hector, he's such an attack - minded full back, very good on the ball, great passer, that if he learns the defensive side of being a full back — when to go, the positional side, when to tackle, when not to tackle, when to drop off — then he is going to be a top, top full back.

As I've being saying and will keep saying that a wing back can be viewed as a defensive winger.It involves two parts; being a defender and a winger at the same time.Ox is more of a winger than Bellerin but Bellerin is more of a defender than Ox.The problem withplaying Ox there is defensively 1v1 he's terrible.However, on the attacking side which is the winger part he's fantastic.Bellerin to me is a much better defender but since he's not a winger he can't give what Ox gives in attack.I hope Ox improves his defending though it'll probably come back to haunt us as usual before we realize.

Ox is getting better at going past people, he still needs to learn the defensive side and being out on the wing rather than playing as a CM allows for that development.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

The best midfielders Mourinho's had in his top sides were either hard - working defensive warriors such in the mould of Claude Makelele and Michael Essien, or ruthless goal and assist machines like Frank Lampard and Wesley Sneijder, who made their contribution without fancy flicks and show - boating.

Well to be more precise, the attacking and creative side of midfield, as the need for what we might call a «proper» defensive midfielder had become a tried old topic for Arsenal fans and the football media alike.

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though